Omar Dhani

Omar Dhani (23 January 1924-24 July 2009) was the Chief-of-Staff of the Indonesian Air Force from 1962 to 1965, succeding Soerjadi Soerjadarma and preceding Sri Mulyono Herlambang. He fought in the Indonesian-Malaysian War of 1963-1966 against Malaysia as a general of Indonesia.

Biography
Omar Dhani was born on 23 January 1924 was born in Surakarta, Surakarta Sultanate, in the Dutch East Indies (present-day Indonesia) to a Muslim family. In 1962 he replaced Soerjadi Soerjadarma as the second Chief-of-Staff of the Indonesian Air Force, having studied at the Royal Air Force Staff College in Andover, United Kingdom in 1956. Dhani commanded the Indonesian Air Force during the Indonesian-Malaysian War on the island of Borneo from 1963 to 1966, but his support of the 30 September Movement (the Indonesian Communist Party) and his loyalty to President Achmad Sukarno led to his downfall during the Transition to the New Order in 1965, when general Suharto seized power. Dhani was imprisoned, but in 1995 he was pardoned and released from prison. Dhani died at the age of 85 in 2009.